listening audience and began making headlines overseas, Gordy confidently issued a memo stating, "We will not release anything less than a Top Ten product on any artist (classic.motown .com)Motown Celebrated a quarter of century, the 1983 television special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever featured most of Motown's original superstars and hailed, as Gaye said during his performance, "Twenty-five years of climbing and building and opening doors and breaking old ones rules". That same year, the film and soundtrack album The Big Chill connected with the generation raised on the Motown Sound, taking the Motown catalog business to unprecedented heights. With continued success in 1972, Motown moved its headquarters to Los Angeles. This allowed for greater participation in the entertainment industry. In 1988 Gordy sold Motown Records to MCA and Boston Partners, ending Motown's era as an independent company. In the post-Gordy era, Motown continued to release hit music from new artists like Boyz II Men, Johnny Gill, along with veteran artists like Wonder, Ross, and others.